When will plug-ins cause the utilities to add generating capacity?
Some forecasts indicate when PHEV’s equal 10-15% of vehicles in use, utilities will need to add generating capacity. In the US, there are approximately 250,000,000 cars and trucks in use. To achieve 10-15% vehicles-in-use requires 25-35,000,000 PHEV’s cars and trucks are sold. Even under the most optimistic sales scenarios, it will be 15-20 years before any impact on generating capacity.
